Now the Wall Street Journal's Jeremy Page has come forward a bombshell investigation that states Heywood may have been — in some capacity — a spy.

Page spoke to friends and family of Heywood and a number British officials and was able to ascertain that Heywood had been providing information on Bo Xilai and his wife to the British intelligence services, who were particularly interested in learning about the private lives of Chinese leaders (considered a state secret in the country).

Incredibly, the MI6 contact who spoke to Heywood warned him "not to become a headline" as things between him and Gu became tense. Gu even apparently admitted later that she had ""killed a spy".

The British government also apparently took little interest in Heywood's death when it happened last year, accepting the official account (that Heywood, a light drinker, drank himself to death) and letting his body be swiftly cremated by Chinese officials.